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>> i think it comes down to who north dakotans believe will go to the united states senate and every day fight for them. it's interesting, ed. the farm bill, essential air service, help for devils lake with their infrastructure needs, flood relief in minot, diversion in fargo, i mean i could just go around the state of north dakota and tell you what people care about. it's not what congressman burg is talking about. >> the ad running against you put out by the rnc in the state says you're for raising taxes. on who? >> i don't know. i was with a group of seniors today and i asked them, i said how many of you believe the 30-second commercials? not one happened was raised. not one hand. people are tuning them out because they know they are dishonest. they know they are not truthful. they know they are trying to scare people. and you and i have talked about this. i have asked for seven debates. we had one. unfortunately, it was 9:00 in the morning. kind of hidden there. you found a copy of it. i want more debates to talk about the critical issues. in the end, that's what people need to h
>> i think it comes down to who north dakotans believe will go to the united states senate and every day fight for them. it's interesting, ed. the farm bill, essential air service, help for devils lake with their infrastructure needs, flood relief in minot, diversion in fargo, i mean i could just go around the state of north dakota and tell you what people care about. it's not what congressman burg is talking about. >> the ad running against you put out by the rnc in the state says...
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we don't do that in the united states. it's not the role of government. and frankly, anyone in an embassy -- and you can see how poorly it worked out, by the way. it didn't make anyone safer when that statement was issued. >> let me ask you something about this, lawrence. i think one of the things that's somewhat confusing to me when i hear some of these arguments is that i don't -- the obama administration continued for -- brought us out of the war in iraq, but did the surges in afghanistan, although it's beginning to draw that war down. they significantly stepped up drone attacks in pakistan and in afghanistan. they did end up killing not just a large slew of al qaeda number twos, but also in the end, osama bin laden. it feels strange to say, or it feels -- it's hard for me to see this as sort of an apologetic approach to the war on terror. >> what a lot of people are referring to is the cairo speech that president obama launched his reset with the islamic world with. that speech was a disaster, and it was wrong. and what you're saying, gaving president
we don't do that in the united states. it's not the role of government. and frankly, anyone in an embassy -- and you can see how poorly it worked out, by the way. it didn't make anyone safer when that statement was issued. >> let me ask you something about this, lawrence. i think one of the things that's somewhat confusing to me when i hear some of these arguments is that i don't -- the obama administration continued for -- brought us out of the war in iraq, but did the surges in...
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bush, republican candidate for president of the united states. i'm governor of our nation's second largest state which is bigger than every other state except one. welcome to presidential bash 2000 a celebration of the first political satire of the first 25 years of saturday night live. >> great obama mask. >> yeah. well, who is that under there? >> i just wanted to let the american people know that -- live from new york, it's saturday night! >> in fact, every candidate who has won the presidency in this country has done "saturday night live" so not doing it will take its place on mitt romney's now very long list of mistakes on his way to losing this presidential election. oh, and mitt, letterman doesn't hate you because you do lien o. you've given him much better reasons than that. [ engine revving ] ♪ [ male announcer ] every car we build must make adrenaline pump and pulses quicken. ♪ to help you not just to stay alive... but feel alive. the new c class is no exception. it's a mercedes-benz through and through. see your authorized mercedes
bush, republican candidate for president of the united states. i'm governor of our nation's second largest state which is bigger than every other state except one. welcome to presidential bash 2000 a celebration of the first political satire of the first 25 years of saturday night live. >> great obama mask. >> yeah. well, who is that under there? >> i just wanted to let the american people know that -- live from new york, it's saturday night! >> in fact, every candidate...
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imagine the united states, if they had done -- what macho would have said. everybody, like the boston massacre, just mow down everybody trying to cross the embassy walls, just kill them all. >> right. >> what's sad, also, is that we're actually paying any attention to sarah palin. let's be clear here, sarah palin's constituency are people who wear red rubber noses and bells on their shoes. but what's noteworthy here is that sarah palin speaks for, what, maybe half of the republican party. and as joan mentioned, she sounds -- and if she and mitt romney sound just alike right now. >> well, you just said two different things, ron, my friend. you said that she doesn't speak for anybody. then -- or she doesn't have a constituency, and then you said she speaks for half the party. >> no, no, no. i'm saying we shouldn't pay attention to her because her constituency are ignorant and foolish people, but ignorant and foolish people make up about half of the republican party right now. that's what i'm saying. and that's the only thing noteworthy about what she's doing.
imagine the united states, if they had done -- what macho would have said. everybody, like the boston massacre, just mow down everybody trying to cross the embassy walls, just kill them all. >> right. >> what's sad, also, is that we're actually paying any attention to sarah palin. let's be clear here, sarah palin's constituency are people who wear red rubber noses and bells on their shoes. but what's noteworthy here is that sarah palin speaks for, what, maybe half of the republican...
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no act of violence shakes the resolve of the united states of america. >>> coming up, turns out there is a superpower greater than the ability to fly and today fed chairman ben bernanke reminds us what it is as the federal reserve moves in a dramatic way to shore up and accelerate a slow recovery and help the unemployed. jared bernstein will join me next. >>> and later, ron paul may be leaving congress, but his campaign to end the fed is alive and well in the republican party. dave weigel is here to discuss it. when you take a closer look... ...at the best schools in the world... ...you see they all have something very interesting in common. they have teachers... ...with a deeper knowledge of their subjects. as a result, their students achieve at a higher level. let's develop more stars in education. let's invest in our teachers... ...so they can inspire our students. let's solve this. and also to build my career. so i'm not about to always let my frequent bladder urges, or the worry my pipes might leak get in the way of my busy lifestyle. that's why i take care, with vesicare. once-d
no act of violence shakes the resolve of the united states of america. >>> coming up, turns out there is a superpower greater than the ability to fly and today fed chairman ben bernanke reminds us what it is as the federal reserve moves in a dramatic way to shore up and accelerate a slow recovery and help the unemployed. jared bernstein will join me next. >>> and later, ron paul may be leaving congress, but his campaign to end the fed is alive and well in the republican party....
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but today, let's look what's happening in the united states. some people are telling -- >> we're going to have to -- >> don't vote because he's secretly a muslim. is there a war >> we're going to continue this discussion on our website. rula, thank you for joining me tonight. "the ed show" is up next. stay with us and watched this online. >>> good evening, americans, and welcome to "the ed show" from new york. thank you for joining us. we have breaking news off the top tonight. i think this may be one of the biggest turns of the campaign. today a recording of mitt romney at a private fundraiser has surfaced. it reveals his frank, candid opinion of nearly half of the american population. it was recorded without romney's knowledge. and it was provided to a magazine as well as nbc news's own michael isikoff. here's part of the tape. >> romney didn't know that was being recorded. he was speaking to donors. the romney campaign has responded tonight. mitt romney wants to help all americans struggling in the obama economy as he has made known all year
but today, let's look what's happening in the united states. some people are telling -- >> we're going to have to -- >> don't vote because he's secretly a muslim. is there a war >> we're going to continue this discussion on our website. rula, thank you for joining me tonight. "the ed show" is up next. stay with us and watched this online. >>> good evening, americans, and welcome to "the ed show" from new york. thank you for joining us. we have...
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these subsidies caused two major problems here in the united states. they flood the american market with cheap chinese auto parts and also encourage the outsourcing of american manufacturing jobs to china. by doing this, china is putting american jobs at risk and it's exactly what president obama is trying to stop. meanwhile, mitt romney desperate, is trying to make the president look soft on china. they put out this commercial last week. >> seven times obama could have stopped china's cheating. seven times, he refused. >> it's time to stand up to the cheaters and make sure we protect jobs for the american people. >> barack obama, failing to stop cheating. >> romney's commercial is absolutely full of holes. president obama made that clear earlier today. >> we've brought more trade cases against china in one term than the previous administration did in two. and every case we brought that's been decided, we won. >> where are the fact checkers? president obama has done a number of things to crack down on china and mitt romney hasn't always agreed with the
these subsidies caused two major problems here in the united states. they flood the american market with cheap chinese auto parts and also encourage the outsourcing of american manufacturing jobs to china. by doing this, china is putting american jobs at risk and it's exactly what president obama is trying to stop. meanwhile, mitt romney desperate, is trying to make the president look soft on china. they put out this commercial last week. >> seven times obama could have stopped china's...
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those decisions may end up deciding who becomes the next president of the united states. i think sometimes it might be hard for you to give people a sense of the importance of state judges. >> i hope you are right. the whole purpose of this video is increase participation in these elections. the state supreme courts and state courts in general are deciding the important legal questions of all of us. state courts decide 95% of the criminal cases and civil cases which isn't to say federal courts aren't important. but in states where we elect state supreme justices. we don't have enough people voting. corporate interest groups donate huge amounts of money to candidates and according to the report for the center of american progress the states that have seen the most money in judicial elections now have supreme courts that are dominated by pro corporate judges. the issue as you well know is kind of the issue of our day. it is obviously something we are going to have to struggle with. in the context of money and judicial elections i think it is important and i think folks on b
those decisions may end up deciding who becomes the next president of the united states. i think sometimes it might be hard for you to give people a sense of the importance of state judges. >> i hope you are right. the whole purpose of this video is increase participation in these elections. the state supreme courts and state courts in general are deciding the important legal questions of all of us. state courts decide 95% of the criminal cases and civil cases which isn't to say federal...
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when he was five, they left everything behind and started over again in the united states. >> mitt romney loves to use that old my father was born in mexico line to try to appeal to latinos latinos and you just saw him using it today with the united states hispanic chamber of commerce. mitt doesn't talk about it quite the same way when he is speaking to his fundraising audiences which are not exactly heavily latino. here is how he talked about his mexican adventure at a fundraiser. >> my heritage my dad as you probably know was the governor of michigan and was the head of a car company. but he was born in mexico and had he been born mexican, of mexican parents, i would have a better shot at winning this. the but he was unfortunately born to americans living in mexico. he lived there for a number of years, and uh, i say that jokingly but it would be helpful to be latino. there's mitt romney wishing he could rewrite his family's mexican history and his republican audience actually found it pretty funny. they laughed at him saying it, jokingly, that it would be helpful to be latino. would th
when he was five, they left everything behind and started over again in the united states. >> mitt romney loves to use that old my father was born in mexico line to try to appeal to latinos latinos and you just saw him using it today with the united states hispanic chamber of commerce. mitt doesn't talk about it quite the same way when he is speaking to his fundraising audiences which are not exactly heavily latino. here is how he talked about his mexican adventure at a fundraiser....
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nothing terribly unusual in that resume for an attorney general of the united states. nothing unique. there is only one unique thing about eric holder as an attorney general of the united states. eric holder is the first and only african-american attorney general this country has ever had. that is what is unique about eric holder as an attorney general. he's black. and every person at the mitt romney fundraiser knew that, especially the old republican who knew all about the criminals, the convicted criminals that richard nixon had as attorneys general, and still insisted to mitt romney and everyone in that room that eric holder is the most corrupt attorney jernl that we've had in american history. how did eric holder get that label in that room with those rich republicans? did eric holder get that label by being attorney general while black? you don't want to think that. you want to think better of the people in that room. but there was nothing said in that room, not one word spoken in that room by anyone in that room, that indicates in any way, that those people are b
nothing terribly unusual in that resume for an attorney general of the united states. nothing unique. there is only one unique thing about eric holder as an attorney general of the united states. eric holder is the first and only african-american attorney general this country has ever had. that is what is unique about eric holder as an attorney general. he's black. and every person at the mitt romney fundraiser knew that, especially the old republican who knew all about the criminals, the...
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romney has repeatedly accused the president of the united states of leading from behind. as president, romney says that he would take a different approach to solve conflict in the middle east. he would do nothing. back in may speaking to the same group of donors at the private fundrais fundraiser, romney dismissed prospects for peace between israel and the palestinians. >> joining me tonight political analyst richard wolf. he studied foreign policy. the white house says that romney is offering the wrong approach. a top diplomat told bloomberg news that romney shows complete ignorance of facts and realities. but kick the ball down the field, doesn't this fly in the face of all of the criticism that romney has thrown at president obama? unpack if for us. >> i'm not a psychologist, but i think this is what they call projects. you say the other person is doing something, but really that's what you intend. american leadership in the world is absolutely critical. if you believe, and this is the romney position, this is the republican position, that actually this president has b
romney has repeatedly accused the president of the united states of leading from behind. as president, romney says that he would take a different approach to solve conflict in the middle east. he would do nothing. back in may speaking to the same group of donors at the private fundrais fundraiser, romney dismissed prospects for peace between israel and the palestinians. >> joining me tonight political analyst richard wolf. he studied foreign policy. the white house says that romney is...
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one of the things that helped me was to be simple in the united states. i was allowed to come here by the american authorities and live a private life freely so i gained my liberty back here gradually. in the end there was a deal between the governments and tha. >> an honor to have you here. i'm glad you made it this far. the ed show is up next. >>> good eengs, americans. welcome to the ed show from new york. 49 days until the 2011 election. mitt romney's comment about the 47% has america talking. tonight more of the shocking undercover tape and president obama weighs in for a first time. in the "the ed show." let's get to work. >> others say you kissed half the electorate good-bye this election year. that you called them moochers. did you? >> mitt romney continues the cleanup after last night's disaster. "mother jones" has released the full video of a mitt romney fund-raiser, and it gets even worse for the republican. tonight senator bernie sanders on america's first glimpse of the real mitt romney. bob sha rum and eugene robinson on the political disast
one of the things that helped me was to be simple in the united states. i was allowed to come here by the american authorities and live a private life freely so i gained my liberty back here gradually. in the end there was a deal between the governments and tha. >> an honor to have you here. i'm glad you made it this far. the ed show is up next. >>> good eengs, americans. welcome to the ed show from new york. 49 days until the 2011 election. mitt romney's comment about the 47%...
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with those who were at that time attacking the united states. by early this morning, after it became clear that a u.s. ambassador named christopher stevens had been killed in libya, after it became clear that mr. romney's timeline of events in egypt was completely wrong, the republican presidential nominee took to the podium and he did not walk back his initial remarks. he decided to double down on them. >> the statement that came from the administration and t, and t embassy is the administration, the statement that came from the administration was a statement which is akin to apology, and i think was a severe miscalculation. the statements were inappropriate. and in my view, a disgraceful statement on the part of our administration to apologize for american values. >> "a part of the u.s. government was under attack." mitt romney responded while the attack was still going on, to attack that same part of the u.s. government. called the actions of embassy personnel in egypt, "disgra "disgraceful." just like in previous situations, some of the hars
with those who were at that time attacking the united states. by early this morning, after it became clear that a u.s. ambassador named christopher stevens had been killed in libya, after it became clear that mr. romney's timeline of events in egypt was completely wrong, the republican presidential nominee took to the podium and he did not walk back his initial remarks. he decided to double down on them. >> the statement that came from the administration and t, and t embassy is the...
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god bless the united states of america. >> here's allen west's interpretation of that ad for his audience at the republican jewish coalition in bow contaca florida last night. >> they want to bring out an old soviet marxist theme called forward. >> yeah. yeah. you heard them. allen west had the full approval of his audience with that. including the members of the audience who are currently being kept alive by a socialist program called medicare. but allen west wasn't there just to tear down the president and decode his soviet marxist soviet socialist messaging. he was there to give republicans their marching orders. >> we are going to go forward. >> what? allen west just finished explaining that the word forward is a soviet markist soviet socialist something or other and then he used that very same word in telling his audience what to do? of course, his audience immediately jumped out of their seats are you crazy how do you expect us to listen to you. and of course the republican jewish coalition bouncers must have thrown him out of the room and told him to never insult their intelligence
god bless the united states of america. >> here's allen west's interpretation of that ad for his audience at the republican jewish coalition in bow contaca florida last night. >> they want to bring out an old soviet marxist theme called forward. >> yeah. yeah. you heard them. allen west had the full approval of his audience with that. including the members of the audience who are currently being kept alive by a socialist program called medicare. but allen west wasn't there...
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. >> today we mourn four more americans who represent the very best of the united states of america. we will not waiver in our commitment to see that justice is done for this terrible act and make no mistake, justice will be done. >> the friendship between our countries born out of shared struggle will not be another casualty of this attack. a free and stable libya is still in america's interest and security. and we will not turn our back on that. >> meanwhile, mitt romney condemned the loss of american lives but he also seized on the attacks even before daybreak slamming the administration's response in what became a fierce back and forth between the two campaigns. romney then doubled down this morning. >> i spoke out when the key fact that i referred to was known which was that the embassy of the united states issued what appeared to be an apology for american principles. that was a mistake. and i believe that when a mistake is made of that significance you speak out. >> we start our coverage right now with nbc news chief foreign correspondent richard engel in cairo, egypt. >> repo
. >> today we mourn four more americans who represent the very best of the united states of america. we will not waiver in our commitment to see that justice is done for this terrible act and make no mistake, justice will be done. >> the friendship between our countries born out of shared struggle will not be another casualty of this attack. a free and stable libya is still in america's interest and security. and we will not turn our back on that. >> meanwhile, mitt romney...
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i mean, disappointment in that you have a candidate for president of the united states of america, from one of our two major parties, who essentially, very easily and dismissi ivived wrote off half the country. what about the 20 million senior citizen who don't pay income taxes? are they victims? what about our veterans? what about middle class, hard-working families? it's just -- it's just incredibly disappointing. and i'll tell you, just a quick story. i was home in my district this morning, and i was in a supermarket. and i was ordering lunch. and the woman on the other side of the counter recognized me. and she said, oh, my gosh, she said, what that man said -- she said, i'm not a victim. i mean, this is how deeply that has sunk in. that's what i think the problem is. >> i think it is sinking in. and republicans in senate and house races, as i said just a moment ago, are going to have to go home and answer to this. what do they think about this? this is putting them in a real tough spot. do you really think that this is going to affect races? is this a real opening for the democrats
i mean, disappointment in that you have a candidate for president of the united states of america, from one of our two major parties, who essentially, very easily and dismissi ivived wrote off half the country. what about the 20 million senior citizen who don't pay income taxes? are they victims? what about our veterans? what about middle class, hard-working families? it's just -- it's just incredibly disappointing. and i'll tell you, just a quick story. i was home in my district this morning,...
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no speech is illegal in the united states. but that is a hard thing for other people in the world to understand in a world where governments often do control speech, they do control the media and the arts and broadcast. so when egyptian television is reporting there's a bigoted crude american movie insulting islams and muslims, people who don't understand how american free speech works will think the american government okayed the movie. we do not ban speech, even stupid and offensive and provocative speech, we don't ban it.
no speech is illegal in the united states. but that is a hard thing for other people in the world to understand in a world where governments often do control speech, they do control the media and the arts and broadcast. so when egyptian television is reporting there's a bigoted crude american movie insulting islams and muslims, people who don't understand how american free speech works will think the american government okayed the movie. we do not ban speech, even stupid and offensive and...
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the people who are responsible for vetting to be president of the united states, that would be us, and we are not allowed to have ten years from mitt romney. we are only allowed to see one year of mitt romney's tax returns and a summary of the second year, at least so far. the question of why mr. romney will not release more tax returns has dogged his campaign. over his summer, a laundry list of republicans called on him to release the returns. that followed more republicans who did so during the primaries. harry reid went on a tear loudly and publically accusing mr. romney based on a hearsay source of having paid zero taxes for ten years. mr. romney denies that. he says he's never paid less than 13% in taxes. he does just say that. we're supposed to trust him that that's true. the problem with us just trusting, the problem with us not seeing the evidence of what's in his taxes is that the last time mr. romney asked voters to trust him about what was in his taxes that he didn't want to show, we just had to trust him, was when he told massachusetts voters in 2002 when he was running for
the people who are responsible for vetting to be president of the united states, that would be us, and we are not allowed to have ten years from mitt romney. we are only allowed to see one year of mitt romney's tax returns and a summary of the second year, at least so far. the question of why mr. romney will not release more tax returns has dogged his campaign. over his summer, a laundry list of republicans called on him to release the returns. that followed more republicans who did so during...
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. >> no act of terror will go unpunished, and no act of violence shakes the resolve of the united states of america. >> next week mitt romney and paul ryan will begin to get intelligence briefings, and in a series of interviews their advis advisers laid out what a romney presidency would look like including saying that protests in the middle east would not have happened under mitt romney. let me bring in ann cornblum, senior editor from the washington post, and thanks for coming on. >> thank you for having me. >> he would tell egypt if they want aid they would have to protect american interests and provide more aid to the syrian opposition, and stopped short of arming them directly like the president. what's the campaign strategy here, ann? >> well, they are trying to move away from the conversation of about whether or not he made a mistake or was right to object to president obama and to the statement that came out in the egyptian embassy, and the u.s. embassy in egypt the other night, and to broaden the conservation into a bigger one of how the two would differ on foreign policy toward
. >> no act of terror will go unpunished, and no act of violence shakes the resolve of the united states of america. >> next week mitt romney and paul ryan will begin to get intelligence briefings, and in a series of interviews their advis advisers laid out what a romney presidency would look like including saying that protests in the middle east would not have happened under mitt romney. let me bring in ann cornblum, senior editor from the washington post, and thanks for coming on....
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a vote the united states government has simply ignored. the validity of the program is questioned by not only foreign governments by american civilians. the american civil liberties union is taking the government to court over targeted killings. oral arguments in the circuit court begin on this case next week. as aclu legal director jafr sees it, the president has created a bureaucratized killing program that will be available to every future president and against every future enemy or purported enemy. right now, the current purported enemy is broader than it was eight years ago. there's been a shift in targets from al qaeda leadership to taliban foot soldiers. under george w. bush, about 25% of targets were al qaeda leaders. 40% were taliban targets. under president obama, those numbers are 8% and 50%. an unnamed pakistani militant told a "new york times" reporter in 2010, i think this quote is kind of amazing, it seems they really want to kill everyone, not just the leaders. even osama bin laden toward the end of his life was increasingl
a vote the united states government has simply ignored. the validity of the program is questioned by not only foreign governments by american civilians. the american civil liberties union is taking the government to court over targeted killings. oral arguments in the circuit court begin on this case next week. as aclu legal director jafr sees it, the president has created a bureaucratized killing program that will be available to every future president and against every future enemy or...
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let's watch the secretary. >> let me state very clearly and i hope it is obvious that the united states government had absolutely nothing to do with this video. we absolutely reject its content and its message. >> why doesn't romney say that? would that offend one of his people? these people that keep staring up wars by burning koran, flushing down the toilet, paying on them, whatever they are doing lately, is doing nothing but killing american soldiers. david? >> chris, romney has painted himself into a corner as the no apology guy, mr. never back down. there are a lot of people on the republican right who are bought into this idea that there's a clash of civilizations going on. you see this every day on the internet and i guess romney in ap a kind of political opportunist way does not want to offend people that are going to be supporters of his. he's got to break out of that. he just -- every time a foreign policy issue comes up, he hits a clinker and he just comes across as a guy who doesn't have a feel for the way the war works. who talks through sound bites. we'll see whether he ca
let's watch the secretary. >> let me state very clearly and i hope it is obvious that the united states government had absolutely nothing to do with this video. we absolutely reject its content and its message. >> why doesn't romney say that? would that offend one of his people? these people that keep staring up wars by burning koran, flushing down the toilet, paying on them, whatever they are doing lately, is doing nothing but killing american soldiers. david? >> chris,...
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at age 5 or 6, there was revolution and they came back to the united states. and my dad had to get help, financial help, the government helped his family to be able to get on their feet again. by the way, that's the way america works. we have big hearts. we care for people who have needs. we help get them back. we help lift them up. then we don't make that a permanent lifestyle. we don't have them become government dependents. we help people. they get them on their feet. and then they build a brighter future. >> where was this belief system when romney was talking to the big money crowd back in may? romney sounds a heck of a lot different than the guy in boca raton who made a character judgment about half country. >> these are people who pay no income tax. 47% of americans pay no income kax. our message of low taxes doesn't connect. out there talking about tax cuts to the rich. that's what they sell every four years, and so my job is not to worry about those people. they should take personal responsibility -- >> okay, so mitt romney seems confused. wait a minu
at age 5 or 6, there was revolution and they came back to the united states. and my dad had to get help, financial help, the government helped his family to be able to get on their feet again. by the way, that's the way america works. we have big hearts. we care for people who have needs. we help get them back. we help lift them up. then we don't make that a permanent lifestyle. we don't have them become government dependents. we help people. they get them on their feet. and then they build a...
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it's shocking that a candidate for the president of the united states would go behind closed door and declare to a group of wealthy donors that half of the american people view themselves as victims, entitled to handouts and are unwilling to take personal responsibility for their lives. it's not my job to care about those people. we can never convince they should take personality responsibility and care for their lives. he's saying, andrea, how does anybody deal with that? >> that is the most damaging part of it because he's suggesting not only that he can't get their votes but that he has responsibility to them as a future leader. now, let me just say, as joan just pointed out, that most people on food stamps are white. so he's speaking to a he have -- about a very broad segment. >> when he's talking to white people, that's now not how they say it. >> mitt romney wants to help all americans struggling in the obama campaign as the governor has made clear he's concerned about the growing number of people dependent on the federal government, including the record number of people on food
it's shocking that a candidate for the president of the united states would go behind closed door and declare to a group of wealthy donors that half of the american people view themselves as victims, entitled to handouts and are unwilling to take personal responsibility for their lives. it's not my job to care about those people. we can never convince they should take personality responsibility and care for their lives. he's saying, andrea, how does anybody deal with that? >> that is the...
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every single one of those countries who had a hostile regime to the united states, who had a list of grievances against america and would wrap themselves this victimhood about how america had been so wrong to them, this president has coddled and appeased. >> for insight, i want to bring in jim frederick, international editor for "time" magazine. the cover story is about the anti-american protests. the agents of outrage. also, shira tchtupplet, also joining us. long time aide for senator john mccain, wrote something in real clear politics. saying in part, quote, the rush by republicans including mitt romney, sarah palin and scores of other conservatives to condemn president obama for policies they claim helped precipitate the attacks is as tortured in its reasoning as it is unseemly in its timing. we just heard from rick santorum there, as well. how has the romney campaign responded to the backlash over his comments? >> well, initially they didn't even blink. they held a press conference, they doubled down on the issue, they didn't see anything wrong with it. and in the following day,
every single one of those countries who had a hostile regime to the united states, who had a list of grievances against america and would wrap themselves this victimhood about how america had been so wrong to them, this president has coddled and appeased. >> for insight, i want to bring in jim frederick, international editor for "time" magazine. the cover story is about the anti-american protests. the agents of outrage. also, shira tchtupplet, also joining us. long time aide for...
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wade is how the united states is getting taken over by sharia law. roe v. wade is sharia law, that's what the man says. and that's where the republican party put its vice presidential nominee to speak today. that's how they decided to clean up after their presidential nominee this week denounced the u.s. embassy in cairo while the u.s. embassy in cairo was being attacked. i don't know if the republican presidential campaign sees this kind of thing as winning or not, maybe they do. maybe they see this as their way to the white house. but whether or not it is winning, it is not helping. in america today we're running out of a vital resource we need to compete on the global stage. what we need are people prepared for the careers of our new economy. by 2025 we could have 20 million jobs without enough college graduates to fill them. that's why at devry university, we're teaming up with companies like cisco to help make sure everyone's ready with the know how we need for a new tomorrow. [ male announcer ] make sure america's ready. make sure you're ready. at dev
wade is how the united states is getting taken over by sharia law. roe v. wade is sharia law, that's what the man says. and that's where the republican party put its vice presidential nominee to speak today. that's how they decided to clean up after their presidential nominee this week denounced the u.s. embassy in cairo while the u.s. embassy in cairo was being attacked. i don't know if the republican presidential campaign sees this kind of thing as winning or not, maybe they do. maybe they...
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midnight on september 20, 2011 was the first time it was legal to be in the united states military and also openly gay. and what happened to the u.s. military, aside from some partying on that first night? were there riots? no. and just about a year after full repeal, the first academic study of the consequences concludes thusly. quote, the appeal has had no overall impact on military readiness or its component dimensions. there you go. the repeal of don't ask don't tell widely viewed of a nonevent one year ago. except of course for the american men and service men whose lives have been changed for the better. do you remember who said it was going to be a disaster? >> i hope that when we pass this legislation that we will understand that we are doing great damage and we could possibly and probably,
midnight on september 20, 2011 was the first time it was legal to be in the united states military and also openly gay. and what happened to the u.s. military, aside from some partying on that first night? were there riots? no. and just about a year after full repeal, the first academic study of the consequences concludes thusly. quote, the appeal has had no overall impact on military readiness or its component dimensions. there you go. the repeal of don't ask don't tell widely viewed of a...
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iran with a nuclear weapon is unacceptable to the united states, period. netanyahu is trying to put pressure on president obama to draw a red line, and it sounded unfortunately like an ultimatum on his part. if you don't draw a red line, israel will feel no moral inhibitions about attacking iran. that sounds like an ultimatum to me. it's a very dangerous thing to do. but romney is trying to make this a partisan issue because he needs the support of those evangelical voters. >> he doesn't even fully have the support of the defense establishment within israel for his saber rattling. i think because president obama has been so vigorous in his support of israel, i think there's a real desire to say, the only thing left on the table is he and benjamin netanyahu don't get along. >> how wide is the chasm between netanyahu and the people of israel? >> it's a complicated issue. specifically with regards to iran, it's not clear he has the support of his own intelligence advisers for this attack. he's kind of bringing things to the brink even without the defense esta
iran with a nuclear weapon is unacceptable to the united states, period. netanyahu is trying to put pressure on president obama to draw a red line, and it sounded unfortunately like an ultimatum on his part. if you don't draw a red line, israel will feel no moral inhibitions about attacking iran. that sounds like an ultimatum to me. it's a very dangerous thing to do. but romney is trying to make this a partisan issue because he needs the support of those evangelical voters. >> he doesn't...
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and what happens has upended the political campaign here in the united states. and i think it's very likely that soon here you'll see mitt romney come out and layout in his own terms what he would do on a foreign policy front. >> you frng we'll get a major foreign policied a yen today? >> very soon. he he left to his aides in the "new york times" to flush out what he would do, how he would handle syria, how he would draw a red line with iran. what he would do with egypt. but now it will be time for the principal himself to make these comments. >> john mccain is on the stump for romney in ohio come monday. he was pressed on this issue yesterday. take a listen. >> i have recommended to governor romney that he gives a foreign policy speech that talks about not only the middle east, but in the world. >> and we just heard from glenn he expects that address will come. senator mccain suggesting that it come soon. what does he need to say in that address? >> well, and if glenn says it's going to happen, i trust it. glenn is the expert here. whether he give as big addres
and what happens has upended the political campaign here in the united states. and i think it's very likely that soon here you'll see mitt romney come out and layout in his own terms what he would do on a foreign policy front. >> you frng we'll get a major foreign policied a yen today? >> very soon. he he left to his aides in the "new york times" to flush out what he would do, how he would handle syria, how he would draw a red line with iran. what he would do with egypt....
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of the united states than running against him. incumbency became his great strength tonight. he found a way to show that all the advantages of incumbency were his and the other guy is just somebody on the outside tapping on the window. >> i need to thank steve schmidt and lawrence o'donnell and we'll all be back together for the first presidential debate october 3rd 9:00 eastern at the university of denver. chris matthews picking up our coverage from charlotte in just a moment. boy, what a week this has been. thank you so much for spending to meppnt edeo a fo ov h arie ll ov mediupt nccoatdiay at r whnt yor .f- llan g wi tye ord wquurder e-uellan me yhein em >> hello. here is what's happening. saying the times have changed and so have i. president obama formally accepting the democratic nomination. he con seeded it would take more time to solve america's challenges. both the obama and romney campaigns will be watching closely as the august employment report comes out later this morning. economists expect it to hold steady with 123
of the united states than running against him. incumbency became his great strength tonight. he found a way to show that all the advantages of incumbency were his and the other guy is just somebody on the outside tapping on the window. >> i need to thank steve schmidt and lawrence o'donnell and we'll all be back together for the first presidential debate october 3rd 9:00 eastern at the university of denver. chris matthews picking up our coverage from charlotte in just a moment. boy, what...
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his remarks come nearly a week after anti-islam video made here in the united states sparked violent demonstrations in about 20 countries. >>> the fbi has arrested an 18-year-old man in chicago on what they say is a thwarted call bomb blot. he had been given a phony device by fbi agents. he allegedly planned to detonate the bomb outside a downtown nightclub. >>> and lawyers for england's prince william and kate middle ton will be in a paris courtroom tomorrow. they are trying to stop further publication of topless photos of the duchess of cambridge. an italian magazine said it plans to publish more picks of kate middle ton tomorrow. >>> political play of the week we think it's mitt romney's early criticism of the handling of the attacks on our consulate in libya and our embassy in cairo. romney issued that tuesday night. wednesday, he didn't back down in his criticism of the obama administration. >> they clearly sent mixed messages to the world and the statement that came from the administration and the embassy is the administration. the statement that came from the administration wa
his remarks come nearly a week after anti-islam video made here in the united states sparked violent demonstrations in about 20 countries. >>> the fbi has arrested an 18-year-old man in chicago on what they say is a thwarted call bomb blot. he had been given a phony device by fbi agents. he allegedly planned to detonate the bomb outside a downtown nightclub. >>> and lawyers for england's prince william and kate middle ton will be in a paris courtroom tomorrow. they are trying...
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states. in ohio he's increased his lead over mitt romney from three points to five points. in north carolina which hosted the convention, mr. obama had been behind in the polls. he's not got a 1-point lead. in terms of national polling, after the republicans did their convention, mr. obama and romney were tied in cnn's poll of likely voters. but today the new cnn poll came out and shows obama with a 6-point lead. the gallup poll shows the same thing. while romney experienced no bounce, mr. obama has opened up a 5-point lead. the president's job approval rating also spiked to its highest level since right after the killing of osama bin laden. knew mer kl speaking, president obama seemed to have the more successful convention this year. mr. romney did not do a post convention campaign tour as candidates almost always do. instead he took some time off and went boat iing in new hampshire. he was pretty much off the campaign trail. it indicated he was debate prepping or maybe retooling his campaig
states. in ohio he's increased his lead over mitt romney from three points to five points. in north carolina which hosted the convention, mr. obama had been behind in the polls. he's not got a 1-point lead. in terms of national polling, after the republicans did their convention, mr. obama and romney were tied in cnn's poll of likely voters. but today the new cnn poll came out and shows obama with a 6-point lead. the gallup poll shows the same thing. while romney experienced no bounce, mr....
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states, but if the united states reacts against these mod moderate goech moderate governments, it makes the democratic government weaker. >> so what are we left to do as a country? >> work with these governments. they want to support us. want jobs, they want democracy, all the values we've been preaching, but it takes a while to get there. and you're dealing with unlevel education, high levels of unemployment, lots of frustration among young people, some goes back years and years. and i had lamb whiislam which h they didn't stand the chance. so there's sense of sort of us against them. and all of these factors weigh into this equation. but the majority of the people, and certainly the governments in these countries, they value their relationship with the united states, they don't want anything to happen to it, they're strongly pro american, but they're -- >> that's despite what we see in the streets. >> of course. this is a small minority of people. very small minority. >> we appreciate your perspective, sir. thank you for your time. >>> up next, mitt romney has spent an awful lot of ti
states, but if the united states reacts against these mod moderate goech moderate governments, it makes the democratic government weaker. >> so what are we left to do as a country? >> work with these governments. they want to support us. want jobs, they want democracy, all the values we've been preaching, but it takes a while to get there. and you're dealing with unlevel education, high levels of unemployment, lots of frustration among young people, some goes back years and years....
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that tony get together where the republican nominee for president of the united states shared his deepest beliefs about the two kinds of people in this country, those who give, like him, and those who take and loaf and vote for obama. joining me now is david corn with mother jones the author of "showdown," out in paper back, and "new york times" jonathan heilemann. we have new tape to show you from that fund-raiser including what he said about the israeli/palestinian conflict. before we get to that, here is that shocking tape from romney talking about the 47% of americans who he says are definitely not voting for -- are definitely voting for obama, not for him. he was answering a question from a donor apparently. the tape was first posted by the great mother jones magazine. let's watch. >> 47% of the people who will vote for the president no matter what. all right. there are 47% who are with him who are dependent upon government, who believe that they are victims, who believe the government has a responsibility to care for them, who believe that they're entitled to health care, to food, t
that tony get together where the republican nominee for president of the united states shared his deepest beliefs about the two kinds of people in this country, those who give, like him, and those who take and loaf and vote for obama. joining me now is david corn with mother jones the author of "showdown," out in paper back, and "new york times" jonathan heilemann. we have new tape to show you from that fund-raiser including what he said about the israeli/palestinian...
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it has been over a year now since the united states killed osama bin laden. the head of the group that attacked us on 9/11. it's a presidential election year. it's a year when one of the wars we launched after 9/11, the one that actually had a connection to 9/11, is a war that's still going on, but the other long war we launched after 9/11 has been ended in iraq. and all of those variables factor into decisions about how we mark this day as americans. but also how our leaders or our would be leaders mark it. how we commemorate 9/11 is a work in progress. we saw today a decision by the white house and the obama campaign to have vice president joe biden mark the day in a way that was not political. it was just about remembering the people who were lost that day and commemorating the sacrifices people have made in this country because of 9/11. while both sides in the presidential campaign suspended their negative ads for the day out of respect for the anniversary, there's no ban on campaigning today. there's no rule about what you can and cannot do. mitt romney
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is that any reason to make some guy president of the united states? is it. there's a reason obama got a bounce and romney did a thud. one guy people really love in charlotte giving the speeches of their lives, bill and michelle and deval patrick and castro. remember what romney got? chris christie up there giving testimonials to themselves. they barely got around to paying for their supper they were so full of themselves. romney has had two chippies, going over to get acquainted with the brits and going to tampa to get the kudos. in both cases he ended up laying more eggs than the easter bunny but people like the easter bunny. joining me is howard fineman and jim vandehei. it seems to me what happened the last two weeks was patently obvious. within convention worked, one didn't. one was sweet, one was sour. one you felt the vibes of happiness. the other one was you felt something but it was usually hatred of the president. >> yeah. well, chris, i spent every evening on the floor of the convention at both conventions, and at the republican convention there wa
is that any reason to make some guy president of the united states? is it. there's a reason obama got a bounce and romney did a thud. one guy people really love in charlotte giving the speeches of their lives, bill and michelle and deval patrick and castro. remember what romney got? chris christie up there giving testimonials to themselves. they barely got around to paying for their supper they were so full of themselves. romney has had two chippies, going over to get acquainted with the brits...
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states to apologize for distance itself from this bigoted anti-islam video. well, neither our state department nor our country, nor i think if i can say so, most americans have any reason to defend this vile and previously obscure video that surfaced online from some extremist. it is frustrating for the foreign policy and the diplomacy at stake here to have someone of mr. romney's stature implying wrongly that somehow we need to defend this crap. >> steve clemens, there's a statement that the romney campaign policy director made to "the new york times" which indicates that they were waiting for something like this, they were waiting to pounce. she said, we've had this consistent critique and narrative on obama's foreign policy and we felt this was a situation that met our critique. so, steve, she's saying they were waiting for something and they saw this and they thought, okay, this is it, here we go. and they jumped out there with the attack. and so this seems to have been premeditated even before the events developed. >> sure it was, lawrence. and i think t
states to apologize for distance itself from this bigoted anti-islam video. well, neither our state department nor our country, nor i think if i can say so, most americans have any reason to defend this vile and previously obscure video that surfaced online from some extremist. it is frustrating for the foreign policy and the diplomacy at stake here to have someone of mr. romney's stature implying wrongly that somehow we need to defend this crap. >> steve clemens, there's a statement that...
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wade is how the united states is getting taken over by sharia law. roe v. wade is sharia law, that's what the man says. and that's where the republican party put its vice presidential nominee to speak today. that's how they decided to clean up after their presidential nominee this week denounced the u.s. embassy in cairo while the u.s. embassy in cairo was being attacked. i don't know if the republican presidential campaign sees this kind of thing as winning or not, maybe they do. maybe they see this as their way to the white house. but whether or not it is winning, it is not helping. in america today we're running out of a vital resource we need to compete on the global stage. what we need are people prepared for the careers of our new economy. by 2025 we could have 20 million jobs without enough college graduates to fill them. that's why at devry university, we're teaming up with companies like cisco to help make sure everyone's ready with the know how we need for a new tomorrow. [ male announcer ] make sure america's ready. make sure you're ready. at dev
wade is how the united states is getting taken over by sharia law. roe v. wade is sharia law, that's what the man says. and that's where the republican party put its vice presidential nominee to speak today. that's how they decided to clean up after their presidential nominee this week denounced the u.s. embassy in cairo while the u.s. embassy in cairo was being attacked. i don't know if the republican presidential campaign sees this kind of thing as winning or not, maybe they do. maybe they...
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no act of violence shakes the resolve of the united states of america. >>> coming up, turns out there is a superpower greater than the ability to fly and today fed chairman ben bernanke reminds us what it is as the federal reserve moves in a dramatic way to shore up and accelerate a slow recovery and help the unemployed. jared bernstein will join me next. >>> and later, ron paul may be leaving congress, but his campaign to end the fed is alive and well in the republican party. dave weigel is here to discuss it. [ thunder crashes ] [ female announcer ] some people like to pretend a flood could never happen to them. and that their homeowners insurance protects them. [ thunder crashes ] it doesn't. stop pretending. only flood insurance covers floods. ♪ visit floodsmart.gov/pretend to learn your risk. >>> today the unemployed received the best news they've gotten in a very long time. this guy has decided he is on their team. that bald bearded professor looking guy, that is ben bernanke and looks are not deceiving. he is, in fact, a former professor. he taught economics at princeton. he'
no act of violence shakes the resolve of the united states of america. >>> coming up, turns out there is a superpower greater than the ability to fly and today fed chairman ben bernanke reminds us what it is as the federal reserve moves in a dramatic way to shore up and accelerate a slow recovery and help the unemployed. jared bernstein will join me next. >>> and later, ron paul may be leaving congress, but his campaign to end the fed is alive and well in the republican party....